The Practice and Experience of Mutual Help in Labor in Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area
During the period of the comprehensive War of Resistance Against Japan,the Japanese and puppet armies continued to sweep through our anti-Japanese base areas,causing heavy losses of people and property.To make it worse,the Kuomintang government stopped supplying the Eighth Route Army and implemented an economic blockade in the base areas.Together with the serious natural disasters,Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area led by the CPC was faced with a seri-ous crisis.The CPC,in order to adhere to the long-term war of resistance,ensure grain production and improve peasants'lives,organized peasants to help mutually in labor,which solved their land problems and production difficulties,and at the same time,carried out production competitions and selected labor models,which improved their awareness and enthusiasm for production.The discounted labor system and democratic style became the two pillars for the smooth operation of mutual help groups,while the organizational form which adapted to the local conditions ensured that mutual help in labor could take root in complex war environments and demonstrate strong resilience.The historical experience of adhering to the leadership of the Party,implementing the mass line,and strengthening institutional construction formed in the mutual help in labor in Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area still benefits the realization of rural revitalization today.
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